Alter Elbtunnel (Hamburg)

Germany / Hamburg / Hamburg
 architecture - Do not use this category, tunnel, interesting place
The old Elbe tunnel. Construction started in 1907, the 426,5 m opened September 7th 1911. It's considered to be an engineering masterpiece of its time, being the first tunnel below a river in Europe.

Visible in the image are the north and south entrance buildings.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Elbe_Tunnel
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   53°32'37"N   9°57'59"E

Comments

  • Happy to go through the tunnel after a 100 years
  • Hi, great looking tunnel, but about 80 years too late for the under-river record- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Tunnel
  • Just realised its 100 years old today. Congratulations!
This article was last modified 13 years ago